Jan. 30, 2007 - Handicraft Schedule
I've been working my HINEY off on copying schedules, booklists, printable materials and more since the beginning of the new year. Some of you follow my thoughts at my main site, and know that I believe there's a good possibility that the Tribulation started January 1, 2007 (with Solana's 7-year treaty with Israel going into effect - known as the European Neighborhood Policy Initiative). If this is the case, I figure there's a realistic possibility that I won't have access to AmbleSide On-line in the coming years. Which means I need to download the information NOW.
Which isn't a bad idea in any case. I mean, who knows when my finances might take a wild turn and we won't be able to afford the Internet. Who knows when AmbleSide will no longer be free, or if there might be a virus wiping out the site? Paper back-up is important. I believe in that.
Anyhow, I've been scheduling and making up charts and graphs and all sorts of things... but there's no schedule of Handicrafts on Ambleside. And weekly work on Handicrafts is a part of CM home education... because not only should a child know historical, geographic, mathmatical, grammatical, and artistic knowledge, but practical knowledge is important, too.
So I've been putting together handicraft schedules. I've read half a dozen e-mails from mothers who had NO idea what to do with their kids... I'm not about to become one of them. And my husband teases me - "if it's the end of the world, schooling isn't going to be a concern"... but he's wrong. The kids are going to need to learn to read - even in the event of trouble. They're going to need to know how to read a compass, how to add, how to function. It's silly to think they won't need to learn anymore!
Anyhow - LONG story short - I wanted to link my handicraft schedules here, since this is where I 'store' my homeschool information.
Year 2 Handicrafts
Year 3 Handicrafts
Year 4 Handicrafts
Year 5 Handicrafts
I may do more at a later date, but right now just printing off all of these is keeping me REALLY busy. That and copying chapters of books from Baldwin Project. And all of this on top of actually schooling, blogging, TorahClass, keeping up with my news sources, and more. Anyhow... there they are!! Oh, and I should note that I'm correcting errors as I go through and print them, so if you find one before I get there, please let me know. Also - FamilyFun often comes up with a message that says "There is no file for this craft" or something equally silly. Just hit the refresh button and it'll show up.
PS: I'm no longer keeping track of our readings here, and am going to be deleting the posts. I'm doing it on Excel now so that I can keep them all together, alphabetize them, and print them easier. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Comments
Feb. 6, 2007 - Awesome list of handicrafts
Posted by HarmonyArtMom
This is an awesome list/schedule of handicrafts. I am going to be adding some of these to our plan for the next year or so.
Thanks for gathering them into one place and for the comment over on my blog.
Barb
Harmony Art Mom
Apr. 10, 2007 - So how come I missed that fact that you've got a separate HS blog??
Posted by mamatutu
I've been reading your Xanga site for almost a year now - it's great to find something that makes you think, yanno? But I simply REFUSE to sign up with Xanga just to comment at your site because I think that's stupid and I don't have anything cool to say anyway. :) Just wanted to let you know I'm reading and learning - thanks for doing what you do.
